The Special Needs Identification and Assignment Coordination
Process supports personnel assignments in the Air Force. When families relocate,
the process is critical to determine the availability of services for spouses
and children with special needs. The process links the services of the Military
Personnel Flights, the Medical Treatment Facilities, and the Family Support
Centers.
Personnel arriving with a family member that has
special medical and/or educational needs should contact the Special Needs
Coordinator at the Life Skills Support Center Family Advocacy Office as soon as
possible. This office will assist them in the Special Needs
Identification and Assignment Coordinator Process (SNIACP), formally known as
the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP). The main purpose of the program is
to identify family members with special needs prior to reassignment. Enrollment
is mandatory into this program. Each case will be handled
individually so that all services may be coordinated specifically for their
special needs. Little Rock AFB also provides a Special Needs Connection Support
Group. View contacts/links for more information.
In local
school systems, students with disabilities may be educated in the regular
classroom setting with modifications made as necessary. When regular
programs cannot be adapted to meet individual needs, special education is viewed
as an instructional option that can partially supplant or totally supplant the
regular program. Other services available to eligible students
include itinerant instruction for hearing impaired or visually impaired
students, interpreter services, brailing, and home-bound instruction for
students who are unable to attend school. For more information,
contact the director of special education at the Pulaski County Special School
District, (501) 490-2000.